MCD-Level-1 Sample Questions Answers

Gold is not valid category for connector types.

MuleSoft Doc Ref : https://docs.mulesoft.co m/mule-runtime/3.7/anypoint-connectors#connector-support-categories

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API Exchange creates REST conenctor automtaically once API is published. Hence correct answer is Publish the API specification to Any point Exchange

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Here’s specifically what is happening here:

1) Payload is successfully set to “Before”

2) Is null validation is used which will pass the message only if payload is null. In this case as payload is not null, it creates an Error Object. Flow execution stops

#[error.description] = “Validation error”

3) Because no error handler is defined, the Mule default error handler handles the error

4) “Validation error” is the error message returned to the requestor in the body of the HTTP request with HTTP Status Code: 500

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Root element is always required while creating XML response in DataWeave transformation

Organization Administrators can approve/revoke/delete SLA tier access requests via API Manager only

Correct answer is as below. In this case address will be stored in a variable. Hence payload will not be overwritten and will contain order details

{

orderkey: "payload.order",

addresskey: "vars.address"

}

First step in creating Modern API is to create an API specification and get feedback from stakeholders so that any future issues can be identified at early stage thereby reducing overall delivery time

Correct answer is 200.1234 as String {format: ".0#"} . Rest all options are not syntactically correct.

As dependency is not present in Mulesoft Maven repository, we need to install the dependency on computer's local Maven repository.

https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/maven-reference

You can choose Attach Project Sources to include metadata that Studio requires to reimport the deployable file as an open Mule project into your workspace. You must keep the Attach Project Sources option selected to be able to import the packaged JAR file back into a Studio workspace. But requirement here is to create smallest deployable archive that will successfully deploy to Cloudhub. Hence we can ignore this option.

We need to select Include project module and dependencies

As actual modules and external dependencies required to run the Mule application in a Mule runtime engine

Hence correct answer is

Select only below option 2) Include project module and dependencies

MuleSoft Doc Ref : https://docs.mulesoft.com/studio/7.5/import-export-packages#exporting-a-studio-project-to-a-deployable-mule-application

* When a client application is registered in Anypoint Platform, a pair of credentials consisting of a client ID and client secret is generated.

* When the client application requests access to an API, a contract is created between the application and that API.

* An API that is protected with a Client ID Enforcement policy is accessible only to applications that have an approved contract.

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Correct Answer: In the organization's public API portal in Anypoint Exchange, from an approved client application for the API proxy

The flow can be described as below. 1) First HTTP POST requets is made in which paylaod is set to 1 and it gets returned to our mail flow. 2) Second call is initiated for JMS Publish Consume JMS: num1 which add 1 to the payload which makes it as 2. Note that pubih consume is a synchronous operation. Hence paylaod is returned to main flow. 3) Third call is initiated for JMS Publish JMS: num2 which add 1 to the payload . Note that pubih is asynchronous operation. Hence paylaod is never returned to main flow. So payload in main flow is still 2. 4) Finally Set Payload increments payload by 1 making payload as 3 which is returned by the flow. Hence option 3 is the correct answer.

Correct answer is Anypoint Visualizer

MuleSoft Doc Ref : https://docs.mulesoft.com/visualizer/

Anypoint Visualizer provides a real-time, graphical representation of the APIs, and Mule applications that are running and discoverable. It also displays third-party systems that are invoked by a Mule API, proxy, or application within your application network. The data displayed in the graph is dynamically updated and does not require prior configuration. Additionally, the data displayed is secure, as only users with the proper permissions can view the application network graph.

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Correct answer is Configure the correct JDBC driver as error message suggests the same

• Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: Error trying to load driver: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver : Cannot load class 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver': [
• Class 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver' has no package mapping for region 'domain/default/app/mule_app'.,
• Cannot load class 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver': [

For Each Scope

The For Each scope splits a payload into elements and processes them one by one through the components that you place in the scope. It is similar to a for-each/for loop code block in most programming languages and can process any collection, including lists and arrays. The collection can be any supported content type, such as application/json, application/java, or application/xml.

General considerations about the For Each scope:

By default, For Each tries to split the payload. If the payload is a simple Java collection, the For Each scope can split it without any configuration. The payload inside the For Each scope is each of the split elements. Attributes within the original message are ignored because they are related to the entire message.

For Each does not modify the current payload. The output payload is the same as the input.

Mule Doc Reference : https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/for-each-scope-concept

client-id-required enforces clients to add client_id and client_secret.

Please refer to below steps.

• Add a section called traits: at the root level to define query parameters:
• traits:
• - client-id-required:
• queryParameters:
• client_id:
• type: string
• client_secret:
• type: string
• 2) Reference the trait in each of the methods to specify that each of the methods require these query parameters. After each method in the RAML file, add is: [client-id-required]. For example:
• /users:
• get:
• is: [client-id-required]
• description: Gets a list of JSONPlaceholder users.

Correct answer is as below as it follows the correct syntax.

• http:
• basepath: "api"
• host : "localhost"
• port : "8081"

Mule Doc Reference : https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/mule-app-properties-to-configure

* To use custom modules, you need to import the module or functions you want to use by adding the import directive to the head of your DataWeave script, for example:

1) Does not identify any functions to import from the String module:

import dw::core::Strings

2) To identify a specific function to import from the String module:

import camelize, capitalize from dw::core::Strings

3) To import all functions from the String module:

import * from dw::core::Strings

The way you import a module impacts the way you need to call its functions from a DataWeave script. If the directive does not list specific functions to import or use * from to import all functions from a function module, you need to specify the module when you call the function from your script.

* In given scenario, it's mentioned to import all of the WebStore.dwl

So correct answer is:

Correct answer is Publish the API to Anypoint Exchange

Anypoint Exchange makes this possible by making it discoverable in below ways

1) In private exchange for internal developers

2) In a public portal for external developers/clients

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Correct answer is APP: API RESOURCE NOT FOUND

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1) A web client submits the request to the HTTP Listener.

2) The HTTP Request throws an "HTTP:NOT_FOUND" error, execution halts.

3) The On Error Propagate error Handler handles the error. In this case ,HTTP:NOT_FOUND error is mapped to custom error APP:API_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND. This error processor sets payload to APP:API_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND.

4) “APP:API_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND. ” is the error message returned to the requestor in the body of the HTTP request with HTTP Status Code: 500

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In General > Request > Query Parameters, click the plus icon (+) to add a parameter to a request. Type a name and value for the parameter or use a DataWeave expression to define the name and value.

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Correct answer is process layer as all the orchestration and transformation logic should be in process layer as per Mulesoft's recommended approach for API led connectivity.

API-led connectivity is a methodical way to connect data to applications through reusable and purposeful APIs. These APIs are developed to play a specific role – unlocking data from systems, composing data into processes, or delivering an experience.

What are the APIs that enable API-led connectivity?

API-led connectivity provides an approach for connecting and exposing assets. With this approach, rather than connecting things point-to-point, every asset becomes a managed API – a modern API, which makes it discoverable through self-service without losing control.

The APIs used in an API-led approach to connectivity fall into three categories:

System APIs – these usually access the core systems of record and provide a means of insulating the user from the complexity or any changes to the underlying systems. Once built, many users, can access data without any need to learn the underlying systems and can reuse these APIs in multiple projects.

Process APIs – These APIs interact with and shape data within a single system or across systems (breaking down data silos) and are created here without a dependence on the source systems from which that data originates, as well as the target channels through which that data is delivered.

Experience APIs – Experience APIs are the means by which data can be reconfigured so that it is most easily consumed by its intended audience, all from a common data source, rather than setting up separate point-to-point integrations for each channel. An Experience API is usually created with API-first design principles where the API is designed for the specific user experience in mind.

Correct answer is A global element

When we create a configuration file , that file needs to added as Global Configuration file in Global element. A global element is a reusable object containing parameters that any number of elements in a flow can share. You reference a global element from Anypoint Connectors or components in your Mule application

Database always return rows as an array.

Array is the correct answer

Choice router finds the FIRST true condition, then distribute the event to the ONE matched route.

MuleSoft Doc Ref : https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.1/choice-router-concept

The Choice router dynamically routes messages through a flow according to a set of DataWeave expressions that evaluate message content. Each expression is associated with a different routing option. The effect is to add conditional processing to a flow, similar to an if/then/else code block in most programming languages.

Only one of the routes in the Choice router executes, meaning that the first expression that evaluates to true triggers that route’s execution and the others are not checked. If none of the expressions are true, then the default route executes.

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The First Successful router iterates through a list of configured processing routes until one of the routes executes successfully. This is sequential execution. In all other options mentioned in the question ,we can achieve parallel execution.

Correct answer is Merges elements of two lists (arrays) into a single list

MuleSoft Doc Reference : https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/dw-core-functions-zip

The correct answer is To avoid duplicate processing of records in a database.

If a watermark column is provided, the values taken from that column are used to filter the contents of the next poll, so that only rows with a greater watermark value are returned. If an ID column is provided, this component automatically verifies that the same row is not picked twice by concurrent polls.

Mule doc reference : https://docs.mulesoft.com/db-connector/1.8/database-documentation#listener

Correct answer is ${training.host}

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How to Configure Properties to Mule 4.X Platform?

1) Go to /src/main/resources project directory.

2) Create a configuration file with the name configuration.yaml inside the newly created config folder.

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3) Go To Project > Global Element > Create > General >select the configuration.yaml file create in step- 2)

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4) To verify develop a simple flow with HTTP listener which has above entries. Put the logger that prints the values on console.

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5) Additional info: Similarly, when you want to access this port in DataWeave you need to use p function

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Anypoint Exchange provided a way to publish , share and search API's.

MuleSoft Doc Ref : https://docs.mulesoft.com/exchange/

Core (dw::Core) This module contains core DataWeave functions for data transformations. It is automatically imported into any DataWeave script.

* Watermark allows the poll scope to poll for new resources instead of getting the same resource over and over again.

* The database table must be ordered so that the “watermark functionality” can move effectively in the ordered list. Watermark stores the current/last picked up “record id.”

* If the Mule application is shut down, it will store the last picked up “record id” in the Java Object Store and the data will continue to exist in the file. This watermark functionality is valuable and enables developers to have increased transparency.

* Developers do not need to create code to handle caching; it is all configurable!

* There are two columns and both are unique but user_id can't guaranty sequence whereas date_time will always be in increasing order and table content can easily be ordered on the basis of last processed date_time.

So correct answer is: Set the watermark column to the date_time column

Publish consume: Synchronous. Publish: Asynchronous.

Metadata is stored in application-types.xml flle located under src/main/resources.

Mule 4 applications contain an application-types.xml file, which is where metadata around your data types is stored. For example, if you create a new CSV type, that metadata will be added to this file. This new file is easy to share, commit, and merge when conflicts arise, which enables you to do more metadata-driven development.

MuleSoft Doc Ref : https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/intro-studio#metadata-storage

* Batch scope has filter criteria which says paylod mod 2 = 0 whch means only 2, 4 and 6 will be in batch scope.

* So payload for each of these will be incremented by 10.

* Aggregator has batch size defined as 2. So it will process in batch of two records.

* Hence option 3 is correct answer.

[20,40]

[60]

Behavior with aggregator configured with fixed size

In this scenario, the batch step sends the processed records to an aggregator, which starts processing the records and buffering them until the configured aggregator’s size is reached. After that, the aggregator sends the aggregated records to the stepping queue.

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The batch job builds record blocks of the configured block size and sends them to their corresponding batch step for processing. Each batch step receives one or more record blocks and starts processing them in parallel. After the batch step processes a record, the batch step sends the record to the aggregator for further processing. The aggregator continues processing records until the number of aggregated records reaches the configured aggregator’s size.

https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/batch-processing-concept

Correct answer is Attributes.

Query parameters , URI parameters and headers are some of examples which are part of attributes.

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Correct answer is API manager

This kind of questions are best solved with filtering technique. Key thing to note here is XML attributes are always access by @ notation. So in this example orderId can be accessed as @OrderId which makes option 3 and option 4 false. Now difference in optin and option 2 is in mapping of lineItemPrice. Correct syntax to format a String in Numbse is value.price as Number. Hence option 2 is correct

Creates reusable APIs and assets designed to be consumed by other business units

Option 3 is the only corect answer as it concatenates payload with String.

Below option wont work.

#["The payload is " ++ payload]

Concatenation function expects both arguments to be string. As the question says payload is json object , this will throw error while running it. You can try this in Anypoint Studio and you will get the same result which I mentioned.

hence correct answer is

The payload is: #[payload]

Pick First is not valid type. Rest all are valid type of event processor.

Choice : https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/choice-router-concept

Round Robin : https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/round-robin

First Successful : https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/first-successful

Option1 is correct syntax to configure HTTP Listener endpoint

Correct answer is async sub flow. Rest are valid flows in Mule.

Sub flow is always synchronous.

To include property. To keep the API definition concise, you can include external content, such as documentation, schemas, and frequently used patterns outside the definition itself. The parser interprets !include as if the content of the externally-hosted file or a URL were declared in-line.

To use the fragments in RAML you have to include the exact path(copy the path) of that fragment you want to use as shown below

Option 3 is the correct as correct syntax is

examples: !include examples/StudentExample.raml

Keyword to ad function in Dataweave transformation is fun. Hence option 2 and 4 are invalid. Also parameters needs to be passed exactly in same order as defined in function definition. Hence correct answer is'

fun addKV( object: Object, key: String, value: Any) =

object ++ {(key):(value)}

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addKV ( {"hello': "world"}, "hola", "mundo" )

MuleSoft Documentation Reference : https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/4.3/dataweave-functions

DataWeave Function Definition Syntax

To define a function in DataWeave use the following syntax:

fun myFunction(param1, param2, ...) =

The fun keyword starts the definition of a function.

myFunction is the name you define for the function.

Function names must be valid identifiers.

(param1, param2, … , paramn) represents the parameters that your function accepts.

You can specify from zero to any number of parameters, separated by commas (,) and enclosed in parentheses.

The = sign marks the beginning of the code block to execute when the function is called.

represents the actual code that you define for your function.